Concorde On Stamps

New Caledonia
The First Commercial Flight of Concorde
January 21, 1976
Paris - New York Flight overprint
November 22, 1977
(engraved by Claude Andreotto)

France and French Colonies
First Concorde Flight
1969
The omnibus set of eight stamps with the same main design engraved by Claude Durrens. The inscription "RF Poste Aerienne" appears at the lower left corner of the seven Colonies stamps.

Benin
Air Mail - Aviation
July 25, 1977
Set of four, the 80 Fr stamp features Concorde.
(engraver: Jacques Combet)

Dahomey
Centenary of Universal Postal Union
August 5, 1974
Set of four, one stamp shows a Concorde.
(engraver: Jacques Combet)

Uruguay
The 25th Anniversary of the First Flight of Concorde
August 10, 2001
the first Concorde flights with commercial passengers simultaneously took off on January 21, 1976. The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris flight to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Alderney Scott 207.



Robert

Isle of Man
Royal Aeronautical Society 150th Anniversary
January 12, 2016
Set of eight stamps, one depicts a British Airways Concorde.

Concorde Key Dates
Contributing Author : Mr. Blair Stannard. Canada.

Key Dates:
5 Nov 1956 First meeting of STAC.
9 March 1959 STAC report recommends UK develop
long-range supersonic transport.
February 1960 Bristol merged into BAC.
June 1961 Super Caravelle model displayed at Paris Air Show.
29 Nov 1962 Anglo-French Agreement signed and initial order
placed for 2 prototypes, 2 pre-production examples
and 2 test airframes.
January 1963 Concord(e) name first used.
June 1963 Three key airlines place first order options.
early 1965 Short-range Concorde version dropped by the French.
May 1965 Pre-production design announced.
11 Dec 1967 Prototype 001 rolled out at Toulouse.
Sept 1968 Prototype 002 rolled out at Filton.
2 March 1969 Maiden flight of prototype 001 at Toulouse.
9 April 1969 First flight of prototype 002 at Filton.
1 October 1969 001 exceeds Mach 1 for the first time.
1 January 1970 Sud Aviation merged into Aerospatiale.
4 Nov 1970 001 exceeds Mach 2 for the first time.
Dec 1970 Production version design frozen.
17 Dec 1971 First pre-production aircraft (101) maiden flight.
April 1972 Initial production batch started.
28 July 1972 First firm orders placed by BOAC & Air France.
10 January 1973 Second pre-production aircraft (102) maiden flight.
6 Dec 1973 First production aircraft (201) maiden flight.
January 1974 US airlines cancel their options.
July 1974 Agreement to limit production to 16 aircraft ordered.
21 January 1976 World's first supersonic passenger services,
to Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro.
13 October 1975 French Certificate of Airworthiness granted.
5 Dec 1975 British Certificate of Airworthiness granted.
19 Dec 1975 First aircraft delivered to Air France (F-BVFA).
14 January 1976 First aircraft delivered to British Airways (G-BOAA).
March 1976 Concorde banned from New York JFK airport
24 May 1976 Services to Washington DC begin.
April 1977 BAC merged into British Aerospace.
22 Nov 1977 New York services begin.
20 April 1979 Maiden flight of last production aircraft.
1 April 1984 British Airways buys UK Concorde fleet from the
British Government and assumes responsibility for
their upkeep.
25 July 2000 Air France flight AF4590 crashes near Paris.
Air France fleet grounded.
15 August 2000 British Airways fleet grounded following
initial findings of accident investigation.
January 2001 Details of return to flight modifications announced.
17 July 2001 Successful test flight by first modified Concorde (G-BOAF)
5 Sept 2001 Mods approved by airworthiness authorities - CofA restored
7 Nov 2001 Passengers services to New York resumed.
10 April 2003 British Airways and Air France announce withdrawal
of Concorde from service.
31 May 2003 Air France operates last commercial services.
27 June 2003 Last Air France Concorde flight - delivery to a museum.
24 October 2003 British Airways operates last commercial services.
26 Nov 2003 Last ever Concorde flight - delivery to museum at Filton.

Albania
Development of Aviation
November 29, 1991
The set of six stamps include a Concorde.

Fujeira Label
1971
Currently unidentified, but possible from Michel Block 43A
"Air and Spacecraft"

That Fujeira label was issued in 1972 (Mi 1291A) as one of a set of 5 stamps depicting Transport.

Thankyou 22c

Michel Gulf States Catalogue 2006
has it at (no image) part of Cat# 1291A (1973)
(supersonic airliner) set called "Traffic"

Air France Concorde, printed by lithography, and issued by (North) Korea on April 30, 1987 as one of a set of eight Transport stamps, Scott No. 2660.

- nethryk

Barbados
50th Anniversary of Commercial Aviation in Barbados
March 20, 1989
Set of four, one stamp shows two British Airways Concordes at Grantley Adams International Airport.

Here is an image of a special delivery stamp depicting Concorde, printed by lithography, and issued by Costa Rica on June 15, 1979, Scott No. E6.

- nethryk